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I candle my broody eggs just like I do the ones in the incubator - 7 days and 14 days. I don't want her sitting on any potential time bombs.

My BCM goes broody twice a year. She will lay eggs for about 2 months (roughly 40 eggs or so), sits for almost a month, then raises her chicks for about 9 weeks. Four to six weeks later she starts laying again and the process starts all over. I know some hens are different though. This girl...

My broody hatched 7 chicks in December. It was in the teens and low 20s during the day for the first month after the chicks hatched. The broody had them out on the frozen ground free ranging and they were fine. They do not need a heat lamp! When the chicks get cold, they tell their mom. She...

I used to take my broody(s) off the nest at the same time every afternoon to get a drink, bite to eat, and take a bathroom break. It was a routine for them. They spent about 20 minutes running around (longer in the summer when it was 90 degrees out). and then ran right back to the nest. I did...

You should put the eggs under the hens now. The hens talk to the eggs when they are incubating them. The chicks will already know their momma's "voice" when they hatch. If you move them around later they get confused and don't know which hen to go to. I made the mistake of switching chicks...

I think I broke my broody! My 7 month old Favacauna pullet has been pondering with going broody. For the last week she has been laying in the next box most of the day and also acting like a broody. Every night I take her out and put her on the roost right before I turn out the lights to the...

The fact that the neighbor refuses to control her dogs or take responsibility of them is not acceptable. When the dog "accidentally" gets in your yard while you are having target practice you can do like she did and say it wasn't you. Our neighbor's dog used to come over all the time and...

You have some seriously cute chicks - especially the light one in the front!

My Marans eggs typically pip/hatch 12 - 24 hours after the others. I'd give them the rest of today to see if they will hatch. If they have not pipped by the time you put the foster chicks under the hen then it is probably time to remove them. You can leave them one more night and then take...

My broody started taking her chicks to the coop to roost at night about a week before she "left" them for good. A couple of nights they were confused and tried to go to their brooder area. I cleaned the brooder out and took all the food and their roost and all their stuff out. That seemed to...

Sorry to hear of the loss of Scottie. He looks very happy and well loved. I'm sure he had the best of times with you!

I think your broodies will be fine. Marans usually make good mommas. I had a problem with mine trying to steal all the chicks from the other broody I had. For that reason, I had to separate them after the chicks hatched. The broodies each have their own dog kennels where they take their...

Your egg may still hatch although it is cracked. One of mine cracked on Day 14 and still hatched just fine. Usually, but not always, my chicks pip near the top side of the egg. If I were you I'd put the wax part on the bottom. However, since you are using a broody, the egg could get moved...

My broodies were in a routine where they knew every afternoon I would take them off the nest so they could poo, eat, drink, and get a quick dust bath or whatever else they wanted to do. That gave me a chance to check the nest and remove any extra eggs that had "mysteriously" appeared there...

One of my broody hens abandoned her chicks at exactly 5 weeks and laid an egg the next day, so it is possible that Jessica laid an egg.

Pullet eggs are generally eggs that are small. They are usually laid by younger pullets and the size increases as they get older. This is not always the case though. I've had pullets that started laying late and their first eggs were over 60 grams. I also have young pullets (25 week range)...

This is a pic I took last summer to show how I put food in water in the nest boxes when I had two hens go broody. The dishes have broad, flat bottoms so they don't tip over easily. They are also pretty well packed into the corners with hay. The food got spilled a few times, but the water...

1. A few more would be better since you would have a better chance of having 2 or more chicks hatch. It is easier for them to adjust to their mom leaving them in the future when they have a buddy. If she's already been sitting on the eggs for a few days it is too late to add more. 2. I fill...

My broody took her eight week old chicks into the coop to sleep with the rest of the flock tonight. She left her last batch of chicks at 9 weeks, so I've been expecting this happen soon. I think she probably wanted to go on the roost by herself, but the chicks are up there with her. The roost...